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652 Songwriting quotes by 379 unique authors

Asked if he knew how important Stardust would be, Mitchell Parish said he did have a gut feeling that this was a momentous one. But… — Paul Zollo
The thing I'm writing now, I have various characters, and all of a sudden, out of nowhere, this couple dies. And they have a daughter.… — Sandra Dallas
Well, [bluntness in songwriting]'s a lot cheaper than therapy.... There's been a lot of things going on for the past 10 years that I just… — Brent Smith
There's room for everyone. There's room for pop country, for 'rock & roll' country, for stone-cold country, and everything in-between. Great music is great music. — Miranda Lambert
I definitely still have ... angst but I also wrote some songs that say it's okay to love, now. I'm happy in my life, and… — Miranda Lambert
But the only rhyme he could summon for 'out' was 'sauerkraut,' which lacked poetic glory. He let it go. The right line would come in… — Annie Proulx
Be serious. Life hurts. Reflect what hurts. I don't mean that you can't also be funny, or have fun, but at the end of the… — John Irving
Songwriting is like ... being possessed. You try to go to sleep but the song won't let you. — John Lennon
I spent a fair amount of time editing the lyrics and allowing the song to kind of evolve. ... anytime there's anything worthwhile, it certainly… — Jeff Tweedy
I like to make up songs. And it's my opinion that all these songs mean a lot to me, but that doesn't mean I think… — Todd Snider
I don't care how good a song is. If it holds back the storyline, stalls the plot, your audience will reject it. — Dorothy Fields
A song doesn't just come on. I've always had to tease it out, squeeze it out. 'No thesaurus can give you those words, no rhyming… — Dorothy Fields
Fearlessness, absolutely. Discipline. You also need open-minded creativeness that lets everything in. You never want to lose a word or a phrase, yet every one… — Ben Harper
Glen Campbell told me, 'Stay out of the way of a good song.' I think it's true. If a song's good, don't overdo it. — Chris Isaak
I think if you sing a song for the first time to your mom and dad, or your friends, and they go, 'That's pretty cool'-if… — Dierks Bentley
Anyone involved with songwriting will testify to the fact that each song, no matter how pure or from the heart, has its own story, its… — Unknown Author
I don't think I have any right to say I belong to that [Woody Guthrie/Bob Dylan tradition]. I think that's something that eventually maybe you… — Justin Townes Earle
There was no single moment when I thought, Aha! What a great idea! Rather there was a slow and gradual accumulation of numerous small ideas. — Diane Setterfield
At the time I begin writing a novel, the last thing I want to do is follow a plot outline. To know too much at… — Elmore Leonard
It might be a meaningless moment, but those sparks that ignite the song.... It's mystical maybe, those magic moments. And to make music for a… — M. Ward
I like using concrete imagery, but I don't feel that's what it's about. It's a combination of concrete and abstract to take the listener somewhere… — M. Ward
If I'm writing... even a piece of a song... I write it down. If it still resonates six months down the line, a year, even… — M. Ward
It was Rick's Rubin idea to have the 'Brooklyn' verse repeat. It already was a story, but having that made it a folk song. Instead… — Scott Avett
I had a dream that Louis Armstrong was playing the 'Swept Away' melody. I have no idea where it came from. But Louis Armstrong was… — Scott Avett
I had a lot of time to myself, and I would listen to a lot of music, mostly music that I knew fairly well and… — Will Oldham

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